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(6 traveler reviews)

Great location although not quite what we expected

We really had a wonderful holiday here and the apartment is in a great location for the beach, which is crowded in high season but very picturesque.

However - it was not located where we were led to believe by the information given. It is actually in Cala Egos, which was a lovely place but has much less in terms of restaurants than Cala D'or itself. Cala D'or was a good 25minute walk with two children (4 + 7) and so most times we got a taxi back (5euro). Also, the lights on the walkway to Cala D'or had been vandalised so it was a dark walk, but we managed it.

I also think travellers should be aware that the apartment is opposite a large resort (Roca Marina) which had loud entertainment every night until midnight. Across the road the other way is another similar resort, again with loud entertainment. We actually did not mind listening to the music from our balcony, but some nights it did keep our children from going to sleep. The way we tried to avoid this was by closing the windows, however, this meant the rooms were very hot.

We had specifically asked Edwin about fans because the place does not have air conditioning and he assured us that there was fans in every room and that it did not get hot because the wooden slats could allow air through. As said previously, we could rarely leave these open at night because of the noise.

On arrival, we found no fans and so rang Edwin. He very quickly brought fans to the property, but it would have been better if we had not had to ask.

Another issue for us was the shower - it blocked up after the first day/so and this caused the water to leak out into the bathroom. We continually had to lay towels on the floor so mop it up. I suggest this issue needs rectifying.

The pool was lovely and most of the time we had it to ourselves, but it's smaller than it looks in the pictures and has no shallow end for kids (luckily ours are strong swimmers).

Finally, we felt we were lucky in that we were staying in the apartment on the ground floor which is shown in the pictures - had we been on the 1st floor we would have been much less happy. This listing is actually 4 properties but only one set of photos/description is given - I think Edwin should be more accurate in describing each property so you know exactly which one you will end up with.

Overall we did have a GREAT holiday and were happy with the choice we made, but some things could be improved, especially regarding managing expectations pre-booking.